Bug ID 476126: Adding SR-IOV and VLAN tagging in the F5 VE with Emulex NIC

Last Modified: Jul 13, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP MA-VE(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5

Opened: Aug 19, 2014

Severity: 1-Blocking

Related Article: K16683

Symptoms

SR-IOV and VLAN tagging were not supported for Emulex NICs prior version 11.5.1. The underlying NIC driver from Emulex lacked such support.

Impact

The impact of this issue is no SR-IOV and VLAN tagging support.

Conditions

This issue occurs when VE running on host with Emulex NICs.

Workaround

This issue has no workaround at this time.

Fix Information

The latest Emulex NIC driver was included in 11.5.1-HF5. It supports SR-IOV and VLAN tagging when Emulex NICs are used.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips